Bible Readings for September 29th 1 Kings 1 | Galatians 5 | Ezekiel 32 | Psalm 80 As we come to the end of David’s life, the stories we read not only prepare us for the transferring of the kingdom to David’s son Solomon, but they also give us deeper insight into...
Bible Readings for September 22nd 2 Samuel 18 | 2 Corinthians 11 | Ezekiel 25 | Psalm 73 There is a tragic irony to the way Absalom dies in 2 Samuel 18. Certainly, one of the core components to Absalom’s winsomeness as he stole the hearts of Israel (2 Sam. 15:6) was...
Bible Readings for September 18th 2 Samuel 14 | 2 Corinthians 7 | Ezekiel 21 | Psalm 68 By allowing Absalom to return to Jerusalem, David, as we will see, is making a catastrophic mistake—a mistake so serious that it will eventually bring David’s entire kingdom and...
Bible Readings for September 9th 2 Samuel 3 | 1 Corinthians 14 | Ezekiel 12 | Psalm 51 Sadly, we have only just begun to read here in 2 Samuel 3 about the murders Joab commits. In fact, Joab will be a thorn in David’s side throughout his reign, so that David will...
Bible Readings for November 24th 1 Chronicles 19–20 | 1 Peter 1 | Jonah 3 | Luke 8 As we have seen in our reading from 1 Chronicles, sometimes the significant factor of a story is not so much in the included details as in the excluded ones. In 1 Chronicles 17, we saw...
